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.io HN FRASER, on WILLIAMSB-URG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 61,660, dated January 29, 1867; antedated January21,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MARKING SKIRT WIRE IN LENGTHS FOB. HOOPS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRASER, of Williamsburg, in the county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Marking Skirt Wire; and I do hereby'declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the,accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The operation of marking oif skirt wire in lengths suitable for a hoopskirt is usually done by hand in the frame on which the hoop skirt ismade, and much time and labor are required to perform this operation. IThe object of this present invention is to perform said operation bymechanical means, consisting essentially of an endless band of sheetsteel, or other suitable material, which carries the dies for markingthe skirt wire, said dies being secured to theband at such distancesapart as the position of the tapes and the varying lengths of the hoopsfor a hoop skirt require. Said endless band is stretched oversuitable-drums, and it passes close under an ink roller which transmitstothe dies the requisite amount of ink, and then it passes throughbetween two pressing rollers simultaneously with the skirt wire to bemarked in such a 'manner that each die on the endless baud produces adistinct mark on the skirt wire, and the skirt wire is thus marked offinto length suitable for a skirt with little trouble or loss of time. ii

A represents a frame made of wood or any other suitable material ofsuflicient strength and durability for the mechanism. This frame isprovided with stationary posts, a, which form the bearings for theazileof the drum B, and two other movable posts 6, form the bearings for theaxle of the drum C. The posts 6 are adjusted towards and from the postsa by two set-screws 0, so that the distance between the drums can beincreased or decreased at pleasure. D is an endless band of steel orother suitable material, which passes several times round the drums B O,as clearly shown in fig. 2 of the drawing, its strands being keptseparate from each other by a comb, d. This endless band is suppliedwith a series of dies, e, at such distances apart as the position of thetapes and the length of the hoops of a hoop skirt will require, and itslast strand near one end of the drums B C, passes close under a roller,g, which serves to transmit to the dies the requisite quantity of ink toenable the same to produce the desired marks on the skirt wire. Fromsaid ink roller the strand fpasses through between the pressing rollers7a 2', which have their bearings in a standard near the front end of theframe A, and after passing round the lowest pressing roller 1 saidstrand passes under a, guide roller, is, and back to the drum C, asshown in fig. 1 of the drawing. The skirt wire to be marked off is takenfrom the spool E which is placed on a suitable pin rising from the frameA, and thence it is drawn through between the pressing rollers h 2' onthe top of the endless band D. After leaving the pressing rollers, theskirt wire passes through a guide, Z, and it is wound on a suitablespool which is not shown in the drawing. While passing through thepressing roller h 2', together with the endless band D, the skirt wirereceives marks at allthose places where it meets with the dies e, andafter the wire has been thus marked, it can he worked into skirts withlittle trouble or loss of time.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The method herein described of marking ofi' skirt wire by means of adie-carrying band, which, together with the skirt wire to be marked oil,is exposed .to the action of a suitable printing roller, substantiallyas herein set forth.

JOHN FRASER. I

Witnesses:

M.,M. LIVINGSTON, ALEX. F. Ronnnrs.

